Paul Boor: The Ice Merchant

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PAUL BOOR: THE ICE MERCHANT
Chilling Medical History and Mystery!

 

Dr. Paul Boor, author of ‘The Blood Notes of Peter Mallow’, discusses his latest novel THE ICE MERCHANT on Big Blend Radio.


The Ice Merchant
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Paul Boor’s newest novel, set in Galveston, Texas in 1889, is a tale of the post-civil war ice trade, new medical schools, trafficking in corpses, the discovery of a cure for yellow fever, and a chilling reminder of our human frailties. The story begins in 1889, when a shrewd Yankee ice merchant, Nicolas Van Horne, is carving out a profitable side-business. Deep in his ship’s icy hold, dozens of human cadavers lie between the huge blocks of ice. On this delivery, his first to Galveston’s new Medical School, Nicolas is enthralled by Galveston’s lady scientist Rene Keiller, but he also makes the ghastly discovery that he’s been trafficking in murdered boys.

It will take Rene’s help to eventually solve the puzzle his ice holds . . . but first he must overcome his personal demons, including morphine addiction, even as he becomes inextricably entangled in lovely Rene’s experimental work on the most dreaded killer of their time, yellow fever.

Paul Boor, M.D., is a scientist and professor at Galveston’s medical school, the oldest west of the Mississippi, and home to the highest-level, infectious Bio-Lab. In The Ice Merchant, Dr. Boor goes back in time to explore the history of medical research and the body trade, while spinning a tale of romance and human imperfection. www.TheIceMerchant.com.

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About the Author:

Paul Boor, M.D., is a scientist and professor at Galveston's medical school, the oldest west of the Mississippi, and home to the highest-level, infectious Bio-Lab.

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